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According to Interstudy, a nonprofit organization that studies health maintenance organizations (HMOâ€™s), they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the nationâ€™s 607 HMOâ€™s was profitable, this year 73 percent will be.

(A) they estimate that, in comparison to last year, when only 36 percent of the nationâ€™s 607 HMOâ€™s was profitable, this year 73 percent will be
(B) compared to only 36 percent of the nationâ€™s 607 HMOâ€™s being profitable last year, they estimate 73 percent would be this year
(C) only 36 percent of the nationâ€™s 607 HMOâ€™s were profitable last year; it estimates that this year 73 percent will be
(D) it estimates 73 percent of the nationâ€™s 607 HMOâ€™s would be profitable this year; last year that was only 36 percent
(E) only 36 percent of the nationâ€™s 607 HMOâ€™s last year were profitable, whereas they estimate it this year to be 73 percent

I thought C too, but isn't there a problem with the phrase after the semi-colon? It's not a complete sentence (unless I'm missing something).

C should be ok.

nothing wrong with C cuz "a nonprofit organization that studies health maintenance organizations (HMOâ€™s)" is an intervening phrase, which is describing more about "Interstudy".

Riuscita wrote:

According to Interstudy, a nonprofit organization that studies health maintenance organizations (HMOâ€™s), only 36 percent of the nationâ€™s 607 HMOâ€™s were profitable last year; it estimates that this year 73 percent will be.

My concern was less about "a nonprofit organization that studies health maintenance organizations (HMOâ€™s)", and more about "it estimates that this year 73 percent will be" -- this isn't a sentence. The rule for semi-colon is that it joins two related ideas that are both sentences. So I'm gonna go out on a limb, and suggest it should be E for this reason. But I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.

My concern was less about "a nonprofit organization that studies health maintenance organizations (HMOâ€™s)", and more about "it estimates that this year 73 percent will be" -- this isn't a sentence. The rule for semi-colon is that it joins two related ideas that are both sentences. So I'm gonna go out on a limb, and suggest it should be E for this reason. But I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.

"It estimates that this year 73 percent will be." ---> This is a sentence.